Because it was natural, could he not see that it was marvelous? Poor creature!

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

Propping up a seat at the bar we devour chicken wings like life does dreams

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.

Once a woman has forgiven a man she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.

The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.

Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.